Nationally, reported hate crimes against Jews, Muslims, LGBT people, and people of color spiked in the aftermath of the presidential election, and local community leaders held a safety seminar this week to address concerns.

A graduate student arrested on suspicion of killing the professor who oversaw his work at the University of California was described by some of his fellow classmates as a quiet but seemingly normal young man.

The son of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who is currently suspended from his position for allegedly disobeying the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling, was arrested last Friday for two miscellaneous charges.